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# Gita Govinda 1.1.42

Gītagovinda 1.1.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.42)

kāpi kapola-tale militā lapituṃ kim api śruti-mūle |  
cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaṃ pulakair anukūle ||

> The third one of that dazzling band of dwellers in the wood--  
> Body and bosom panting with the pulse of youthful blood--  
> Leans over him, as in his ear a lightsome thing to speak,  
> And then with leaf-soft lip imprints a kiss below his cheek;  
> A kiss that thrills, and Krishna turns at the silken touch  
> To give it back--ah, Radha! forgetting thee too much.  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

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## Translations (2)

- [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.1.p18) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.1.42) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.5.4) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.4.4) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.5.8.2) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.4.4) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.89.5) — Sanskrit

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